Ambulance UK April 2021

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East of England
Ambulance staff
members team up to
take on the world’s
fastest zipline to
raise money for The
Ambulance Staff
Charity (TASC)
Ben Hawkins and Chloe
Spencer from the East of
England Ambulance Service
have joined forces to battle
their own fear of heights and
raise vital funds for the national
charity dedicated to supporting
the UK’s ambulance community.
On the 17th July 2021, Ben, an
Emergency Dispatcher from
Peterborough, and Chloe, a Senior
Emergency Medical Technician
and Student Paramedic from
March in Cambridgeshire, will be
travelling 1.5km at a breath-taking
100mph on Zip World’s Velocity 2
zipline at Penrhyn Slate Quarry in
North Wales.
Chloe said:
“Both of us are recovering from
previous mental illness and have
partnered up to raise money for
something we share a passion
about - our green family. This
is our opportunity to raise as
much money as possible to
support them either mentally
with psychological support,
physically through physio or with
financial support. TASC is the
charity supporting thousands of
ambulance staff, like us, who rely
on the support and generosity of
wonderful people, like you.”
Ben and Chloe are raising
funds online via JustGiving:
https://www.justgiving.com/
fundraising/chloe-bentasc
The team have already raised
over £1,600, having smashed
their original goal of £800, and are
now aiming to raise over £2,000
which can help TASC provide an
extra 33 hours of counselling or
39 sessions of physiotherapy for
people injured in the line of duty.
Ben said:
“TASC has helped 100s with both
their physical and mental health.
We are so passionate about
making a change and TASC are
the charity allowing this to happen.
So many of our colleagues are
feeling the stress of the pandemic
and feeling unwell mentally so it’s
important they can go to TASC for
support so we can continue to help
patients who need us. We ask that
if you can’t donate then you share
our page so that someone who
may be able to support us can.
Thank you so much to everyone
who’s supported us so far.”
Launched in 2015, TASC is the
national charity dedicated to
caring for those who care for us
and provides mental, physical,
and financial wellbeing support
and advice to help ensure the
UK’s lifesaving ambulance
community is strong, healthy, and
ready to be there for us when we
need them. As well as serving
and retired ambulance staff, the
charity also supports the family
members of ambulance staff,
Paramedic Science students from
year two onwards and current
ambulance service volunteers
such as Community First
Responders (CFRs).
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Jasmin Rana, TASC’s Director of
Income Generation and Supporter
Engagement, said:
“We’re so grateful that Chloe and
Ben are battling their fears and
taking on this epic challenge to
support our cause and raise vital
funds for TASC. Ambulance staff
have one of the most stressful
jobs in the UK, and the continuing
and long-term impacts of
Coronavirus are making their job
that much harder. At TASC, we’re
seeing demand for our services
growing year-on-year and this is
rapidly increasing as our lifesaving
ambulance staff experience the
mental, physical and financial
impacts of the pandemic. With the
support of people like Chloe and
Ben, TASC can continue to be
there for the UK’s lifesavers when
they’re struggling and need a bit
of help themselves.”
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